Geoff Wilson gets straight to the point with some tough love in this article by asking if you to make sure your strategy inspires. The possibilities are endless. Some might say that the sole purpose is to ‘enhance shareholder value.’ I’d argue that this old trope is no longer the gold standard. Some adhere […]
This timeless post from Andy Sheppard identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the six most common approaches leaders adopt when instituting change. A leader has many options when determining what can be improved in their organisation (or organisational unit). The options for determining how to mobilise their organisation to successfully deliver the improvements are […]
Next week Umbrex member Anand Joshi will be attending ScaledML in Mountain View, CA. At ScaledML the creators of TensorFlow, Kubernetes, Apache Spark, Tesla Autopilot, Keras, Horovod, Allen AI, Apache Arrow, MLPerf, OpenAI, Matroid, and others will lead discussions about running and scaling machine learning algorithms on a variety of computing platforms, such as GPUs, CPUs, FPGAs, TPUs, & the […]
Gaelle Lamotte’s company blog identifies the issues that can stop the execution of strategies and provides a framework to drive alignment and focus. How often do you win with your strategy? Strategy development is useful for defining long-term goals. A good strategy is only as good as the capability to implement it and how […]
Miklos Tomka illuminates the importance of doing what you can to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus. The Coronavirus is spreading fast and has spread inside of hospitals in China, exposing hospital staff. Various places are a source for spreading infections, light switches that everyone touches, is clearly one of these. Ubiquilux has developed […]
Robbie Kellman Baxter explains why a free trial is not always the best tactic and identifies three reasons a subscription business isn’t attracting new members. Recently, a CEO of a major professional association asked me what I thought of a 30 day free trial for new members. He worried that potential members would sign […]
Martin Pergler begins a conversation on corporate culture to identify the pros and cons of working for the corporate world, small business or the public sector. Putting considerations such as the work itself, employer values, career trajectory, benefits, job security, etc. (all covered by others) aside, there is the elephant in the room. […]
1. David Brooks argues that The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake 2. More Americans went to the library than to the movies in 2019 – CBS. I would not have guessed that.
Stephen Redwood provides answers to commonly asked questions that help his clients increase the strategic value of Human Resources (HR). If there is one thing that has been a constant over my years in HR and decades as a consultant, it has been the sense that the HR function is too often a supplicant […]
Azim Nagree provides three factors that can help determine whether you need a single, mixed-function team or two separate teams when it comes to account management and customer success. ‘What’s the difference between Account Management and Customer Success? And more importantly, when do I need separate AM and CS teams?’ I’ve been asked this […]
Carlos Castelan shares how to improve the customer experience and team collaboration. In today’s world where change is one of the only constants, we often hear of companies undergoing a transformation to reinvent themselves and revitalize their customer offerings. This is a natural function of the organizational life cycle where companies grow and organize […]
Christy Johnson shares valuable insights from a survey of Seattle start-ups. Most Seattle startups are very focused on the data—they rely heavily on data to drive product decisions. Seattle is home to Amazon and Microsoft, which have leveraged data to succeed in everything from retail, to cloud computing, software development and artificial intelligence. But […]
